aniel
Negreanu is a leading professional Poker player from
Canada. Negreanu holds the unique distinction being
the youngest player to win a World Series of Poker
title in 1998 at the age of 23. Besides playing
professional Poker, Daniel Negreanu writes for Card
Player a leading poker magazine and has written more
than 100 columns for this magazine.
This high school dropout was born
on July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Canada. Daniel Negreanu
started playing poker for money at the tender age of
15-16. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 21.
Negreanu started playing Professional poker at the age
of 22. Since then, Daniel Negreanu has not looked back
and has won tournaments after tournaments.
Daniel Negreanu is the all-time
leading money winner on the World Poker Tour Circuit.
In 2004, the Card Player magazine adjudged him the
Poker Player of the year and in the same year he was
almost even with Greg Raymer on the all-time top of
money list.
Year 2004 was the best year for
Daniel Negreanu in his professional poker career at
the World Series of Poker. In 2004, he won one
bracelet and a money position in five other games. In
2004, he won the ESPN's Toyota Player of the Year
award. In 2004, Negreanu also won the Borgata Poker
Open, part of the World Poker Tour and Five Diamond
World Poker Classic, winning $1.1 million and $1.8
million respectively.
According to estimates, Daniel
Negreanu has amassed $4.8 million as tournament wins
as on 2004. Daniel is the most successful tournament
poker player since 1997. Some major tournament wins
and awards of Daniel Negreanu are- Best All-Round
Player, World Poker Finals in 1997, World Series of
Poker for Pot Limit Hold'em in 1998, 5 7- Card Stud,
Omaha Hi/Lo and No Limit Hold’em at Legends of Poker
in 2002. Negreanu has registered more than 18 major
tournament wins since he started as a professional in
1997.
Negreanu also teaches poker at
online Poker classes and has some celebrity students
including actor Tobey Maguire. Negreanu is also a
leading contributor in the updated version of
"Bible" of poker Super System by of Doyle
Brunson. Daniel normally listens to music on
headphones while he is paying poker to keep him
relaxed. Daniel Negreanu strives to change the
negative image about the game of Poker. He says that
he would like seeing Poker as a more acceptable game
in the mainstream society.
